Ornamental stand



Aug. 23, 1932. P. J. KING ORNAMENTAL; STAND Filed July 15. 1931 2Sheets-Sheet l YINVENTOR.

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Patented Aug. 23, 1932 j came STATES PETER 3. KING, or DETROIT, MICHIGANORNAMENTAL STAND Application filed July 13, 1931. Serial No. 550,613.

This invention relates to improvements in .ornamental stands, and refersmore particularly to stands employed for such purposes as supportinglamps, spherical maps and other articles.

At the present time it is customary when making ornamental stands forthe ornamentation to form an integral part of the 7 stand itself, withthe result that in many 30 cases it has not been commercially possibleto provide a very wide range of designs from which selection may be madeby prospective purchasers on account of the very heavy outlay necessaryfor patterns. It is an object of this invention to cheapen theproduction of such ornamental stands by providing-one base pattern fromwhich any number of'bases may be made, and to providea plurality ofgrilles or panels each having diiferent ornamentation thereon any one ofwhich may be quickly inserted into or removed from the base, thusafiording a far greater selection of designs than would otherwise becommercially feasible.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ornamental standconsisting of a base terminating at one extremity in an upwardly andrearwardly inclined portion extending over the base itself, and toprovide grilles or panels horizontally slidable between guides providedon the base itself and on the underside of the upwardly and rearwardlyinclined portion.

A further object of the invention is to provide such an ornamental standhaving a base .wherein the sides are spaced from one another for thegreater portion of their length, to provide a longitudinal guide betweenthe spaced sides and a second and downwardly -projecting guide on therearwardly inclined portion, so that the underside of a grille or panelmay be slidably housed in the first named guide, and upper extremitiesof ornamentation on the grille or panel slidable adjacent opposite sidesof the downwardly projecting guide.

Having thus briefly and broadly enumerated some of the major objects andadvantages of the invention, I will now proceed to describe anembodiment of my invention with trally over the base for the the aid ofthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vention. 1

Figure 2 is an end view thereof, and

Figures 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 33 of Fig. 2 and 4-4 of Figure1.

The stand in the present instance consists of a base formed of tworelatively narrow side members 2 and 8 which are connected to oneanother at one extremity from which they are outwardly flexed from eachotherto provide a sufficient width of base to eliminate any liklihood ofthe stand tipping sideways. The ends 2a and 3a of the members 2 and 3are upwardly and rearwardly flexed and unite to form a common supportingrest 4 which in the present instance is inclined. .This rest preferablyextends longitudinally and substantiallycengreater portion ofperspective view of' the inthe length of the latter.

On the underside of the rest 4 a longitudinal guide 5 is provided, andbeneath the latter is a lower guide 7. The latter is equipped withupwardly projecting longitudinal margins 7 a, and is connected to thebase by means of arms 8 which terminate at the inner sides ofthe members2 and 3.

The side members 2 and '3, the rest 4, upper I and lower guides5 and 7.and the arms 8 are a all integral with-one another and constitute thebase.

The side members 2 and 3 and the rest l may be shaped and ornamented inany desired manner, but for reasonswhichhere- ,inafter become apparentit is desirable that the plane of the central portion of the guide 7 beabove the top of the joined extremities of the side members 2 and 3.

10 denotes a grille or panel having its underside longitudinallysildable in the guide 7. This grille is suitably ornamented as shown at12, the upper extremities 12a of portions of the said ornamentation restagainst opposite sides of the top guide 5 by which the grille ismaintained in an upright position. 1

As the upper guide 5 is narrower than the underside'of the rest 4:, andthe latter is inclined, when the grille or panel 10 has reached itsintended} position the upper extremities 12a of the ornamentationengagethe undering member 9 is formed upwardly from article toibe heldthereby.

which an element 9a extends by which any desired article (not shown)'maybe suitably supported. V 7

From the foregoing itflwillbe readily seen that by' providing a base ashereinbefore do scribed between guides in which grilles .or panels maybe selectively mounted, that the cost of making such ornamental standsis materially reduced. When desired screws 6, shown inFiguresQ and 3',may be employed for holding the grille or panel 10 stationary in thelower guide 7 and the advantage of having the central portionof thelatter below the jointed extremities of the side members 2 and 3 is tofacilitate the insertion anammoval of the grilles.

While in the foregoing the preferred embodiment of theinvention hasbeen. described and shown, it is understood that the construction issusceptible to such modifications and alterations as fall within thescope of the appended claims. 1

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

. 1. An ornamental stand comprising a base,

a rest extending longitudinally over said base same horizontal plane assaid base, and an ornamental grille or panel slidable in said guide,upper extremities .of said ornamental grille or panel engaging oppositesides of said rest, and means on the latter for supporting an 2. vAnornamentalstand comprising a base, a rest extending longitudinally oversaid base and connected to one extremity of the latter,

said rest being upwardly and outwardly inclined, a guide beneath saidrest in substanti'ally the same horizontal plane as saidbase,

an ornamental grille or panel slidable in said guide, upper extremitiesof said ornamental grille or panel engaging opposite sides of ties ofsaid grille or panel engaging opposite sides of said rest to hold saidgrille in a vertical position, and means on said rest for supporting anarticle tobe held thereby.

tremity and spaced from each other throughout the greater portion oftheir length suffiside members being upwardly and rearward-' 4. Anornamental stand consisting of two side members joined to one another atone ex-" ly flexed, a restextending longitudinally and substantiallycentrally over said supporting base in which said upwardly andrearwardly flexed side member extremities terminate, said rest beingupwardly and outwardly inclined, a guide integral with said side memberson substantiallythe said horizontal plane as the latter and beneath saidrest, said guide being spaced intermediately between said members, anornamental grille or panel slidable on sald guide, another guideformedon the underside of said rest, upper extremities of saidornamental grille or. panel engaging opposite sidesof said other guideto'hold said grille or panel in place, the upper faces of saidextremities engaging portions of said rest which project laterallybeyond said other said rest, projecting portionson said rest forengaging the'upper margins of said ornamental grille extremities whenthe grille has been moved into position on its guide, and

means on said restfor supporting an to be held by it.

3. An ornamental stand consisting of two article side members spacedfrom one another for at least the greater portion of their length toform a' steady supporting base, said side members at one extremity beingupwardly and backwardly flexed and terminating in a rest extendinglongitudinally and substan-

